Unit 13 reading AV10

When did the history of cinema begin?. Did films in the early days have sound.. When were audiences able to see long films?. What form of films appeared as the old silent films were bein

HARRY POTTER

Unit 13 - Reading

FILMS AND CINEMA

Kinds of films

MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE PICTURES FROM 1 -6

A Action film C Love story film E Science fiction film

B Cartoon film D Comedy F Horror film

A

Before you read

Work with a partner Answer the questions

Work with a partner Answer the questions

1 Do you want to see a film at the

1 Do you want to see a film at the cinema or on TV? Why?

2 Can you name some of the films you have seen?

3 What kind of films do you like to see ?

Why ?

love story film horror film

cartoon action film science fiction film

comedy

Vocabulary

The audience are watching the film

Audience (n) : khán giả

Motion (n) Sự vận động

To motion (v) Ra hiệu, ra ý

Spread (v) = to extend over a place/e/

Still (a): = silent

e.g This window was broken,she replaces the broken window with a new one.

Vocabulary

1 audience (n) :Khán giả

2 motion (n) : động, sự vận động

5 sequence (n) :Chuỗi, dãy sự kiện

4 still (a) : = silent

3 spread (v) : = to extend over a place

a period of ten years quickly and in a short

time part of a film

a person in a film

cinema sequence

scene character

Task 2: Answer these questions (Work in pairs )

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

2 What did the scientist discover at that time?

3 Did films in the early days have sound?

4 When were audiences able to see long

films?

5 When was sound introduced?

6 What form of films appeared as the old silent films were being replaced by spoken ones?

Task 2: Work in pairs Answer these questions

1 When did the history of cinema begin?

In the early 19th century.

2 What did the scientist discover at that

time?

At that time, scientist discovered that when a sequence still pictures was set in motion,

they could give the feeling of movement.

3 Did films in the early days have sound?

No, they didn’t.

4 When were audiences able to see long

The musical cinema appeared

1 In the early 19th century.

2 At that time, scientist discovered that when

a sequence still pictures was set in motion,

they could give the feeling of movement.

3 No, they didn’t.

Task 3: Decide which of the options

below is best title for the passage.

• A The Story of a Film Maker

• B A Brief History of Cinema

• C The History of the Films.

Fill in the table below

Early in the

19 th century Cinema began

Moving photographs, one minute long

1905 5 or 10 minutes long, changes

of scene and camera position

to tell a story

(1)

The History of Cinema

POST READING

The first long films were made.1915

HOME WORK

- Learn by heart new words

- Read again the text